Solomani Confederation Restricted Zone
The Solomani Confederation Restricted Zone is an astropolitical region lying across the border between Aldebaran Sector and Neworld Sector.
- It is technically a trade route, though only military supply vessels carry cargo within the area.
- Travel to this region is prohibited.
- It is also known as the Restricted Zone.
Description / Specifications[edit]
The Solomani Confederation Restricted Zone consists of the six worlds of the Coilin Trace.
- It is controlled by the Solomani Confederation military.
The star systems of the region serve as training areas, military ranges, depots, and storage facilities. Many of the planets and moons within those systems bear the scars of orbital bombardments and are littered with simulated battlefields. Some systems contain large numbers of mothballed starships, and drifting derelicts and wrecks that serve as practice targets.
- Many systems contain unexploded ordnance, both in space and on planetary surfaces.
Rift Regions[edit]
The Restricted Zone lies directly to coreward of the Gulf of Asphodel, a large rift region.
- The Gulf is widely believed to contain a number of rogue worlds.
- Rumors persist that the Confederation military has exact coordinates for these and utilizes them in its ongoing operations.
- SolSec discourages talk of such things.
Government & Politics (Leadership)[edit]
The Restricted Zone functions as a semi-autonomous self-governing region of the Solomani Confederation.
- All of its member worlds are under military rule.
- All of its worlds host major military bases. Its coreward worlds host Confederation naval bases.
Goals[edit]
The Restricted Zone exists to serve the needs of the military forces of the Solomani Confederation.
Interstellar Relations[edit]
The Restricted Zone is a member state of the Solomani Confederation. It follows the laws, decrees, and rulings of that state.
- The Confederation deals with foreign policy and conducts interstellar relations on the Restricted Zone's behalf.
Research Station[edit]
The Restricted Zone contains a Confederation military Research Station. The nature of the research being undertaken has not been publicly revealed.
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Solomani Navy. It defends Confederation territory and protects Confederation interests.
- Confederation military vessels conduct regular sweeps through systems.
- Intruders within the region will be detained and face military prosecution.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Restricted Zone is designated as a Red Zone. Travel to this region is prohibited.
Ostensibly, the area is primarily a restricted military zone used for training and equipment storage. It serves as the operational base for a number of secretive Solomani special forces units and it has long been rumored to be a center for Black Ops, Psychological Operations, or Psi Ops. Stories persist about other clandestine activities within the region, including its use as a holding area for detainees and political undesirables, or that strange highly advanced technological devices created by some long dead alien civilization are being tested and reproduced.
- SolSec does not look favorably upon this kind of speculation and loose talk.
Solomani Security keeps a very close eye on things within the Restricted Zone to ensure the security of the Solomani State and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, but many see it as an act of duty to help protect the the State and its interests.
Corporate Interest[edit]
A number of Solomani corporations are known to be active within the Restricted Zone.
- They work closely with the military authorities.
- The nature of their activities has not been made public.
- ConTech, a corporation specializing in life sciences, particularly large-scale bio-terraforming projects, medicine, and cloning.
- Defensus, a corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture.
- Guardian Military Systems, a large corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture, with its core area of operations within Aldebaran Sector.
- Probable Technologies, a scientific research organization involved with academia and heavy industry. It works extensively with the Confederation military.
- Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
- ZeeCorp, a corporation with interests in manufacturing active throughout the Solomani Confederation. It is a major producer of robots.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:
Humaniti (Human races)[edit]
- Mixed or other heritage: Occasionally encountered across the region.
- Solomani (Major Race): Widely spread across the region.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Solomani Confederation.
Faith and Belief[edit]
The Restricted Zone is a major center for the Fount of Creation movement.
Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this region and the wider area that it lies within:
- -9235: Far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
- -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
- -2404 to -2215: The Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Vilani Ziru Sirka.
- -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
- -1999: The Aslan gain jump drive technology.
- -1862 to -1110: The Terran Mercantile Community is active within the region.
- -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
- -1118 to 380: The Aslan Border Wars.
- -1110 to 588: The Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
- The Year 0: To coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the region.
- 380: The Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding Human and Aslan influence.
- 588: The Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium, moving its border adjacent to the Aslan Hierate.
- 604-622: The Imperial Civil War.
- 624: The Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
- 704: The Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
- 800-820: The Psionics Suppressions.
- 871: The Solomani Confederation is founded.
- 940: The Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
- 990-1002: The Solomani Rim War.
- 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey includes data for the region.
- 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the region becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors / Astrography[edit]
This astropolitical region is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Solomani Confederation – Coilin Trace
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds lying within the Restricted Zone is available.
- The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
- Other sources may differ: some elements of the data may be contradictory or incorrect.
- Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.
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Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, may already be out of date.
- Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
- David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), pages 50, 118, 119, various others. (charts locating the worlds of the Zone)
- Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the region)
- Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the region)
- Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA) (development of the region)